From high school to college: Epic failures, success stories of coaches who made the jump.

Former Steele coach Mike Jinks' jump from high school to the college ranks has been a recurring trend in the past few seasons. Express-News staff writer Tim Griffin looks at some former high school coaches who have been successful with the move and two who weren't:

Chad Morris: Clemson offensive coordinator (Austin Lake Travis H.S.) — Having Tajh Boyd at quarterback has enabled Morris to build an offensive machine and become the highest-paid assistant in college football only three years removed from winning back-to-back Texas state championships.

Success stories

Art Briles: Baylor head coach (Stephenville H.S.) — His career path has ascended from winning four Texas state championships to recruiting and coaching a Heisman Trophy winner in Robert Griffin III and taking the Bears to an unprecedented run of three consecutive bowl trips and wins at the 2011 Alamo Bowl and this season's 49-26 victory over UCLA in the Holiday.

Gus Malzahn: Auburn head coach (Springdale, Ark., H.S.) — His cutting-edge offense went from blowing up high school defenses to a national title as Auburn's offensive coordinator in 2010. He then started a successful college head coaching run at Arkansas State before being hired as the Tigers' new coach last month.

Hugh Freeze: Mississippi head coach (Memphis, Tenn., Briarcrest Christian H.S.) — He followed Michael Oher, the subject of "The Blind Side" movie, from a small Memphis private school to Ole Miss as an assistant. Freeze won two Tennessee state titles running the wing-T offense and was coach at Lambuth College and Arkansas State before the Rebels.

Epic failures

Todd Dodge: Southlake Carroll H.S. — After leading Southlake Carroll to four state titles in a seven-year period from 2000-06, the former Texas quarterback as hired as North Texas' head coach. He was fired after posting a 6-37 record and now is head coach at Marble Falls High School.

Gerry Faust: Cincinnati Moeller H.S. — He was hired as Notre Dame's head coach in 1981 after leading Moeller to seven unbeaten seasons , four mythical high school national championships and a 178-23-2 record. He wasn't nearly as successful at his dream job with the Irish, posting a 30-26-1 record in five seasons. Later, he coached nine years at Akron before being fired in 1994 after a 1-10 record.